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I too, Ted, hope we are not judged by the actions of our weakest moments, because I would be royally fucked.

I like where we have landed, have high hopes for the next episode. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kemcu5waro1p022/Ted%20Lasso%20REACTION%20%7C%203x11.mp4?dl=0

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Eric

I'm actually really happy Ted Lasso only lasted 3 seasons. I think it's good that it had a defined end that the writers were (presumably) working towards this whole time. I wouldn't want them to drag it out, have more seasons, have to deal with ups and downs with no end game in mind... risk ruining characters' development, or stagnating... ALSO I love that the episodes are as long as they need to be. The final season, feels like episodes went from 50ish minutes to an hour and 15, hour and 20.

Eric

I'm fucking FLOORED. Wut? I finally got around to finishing (almost) this show over the last couples days. I put it off... partially I didn't want it to end, partially I just wasn't excited about spending time with Nate, Rupert, and West Ham (I was so happy with how little time we actually spent with that storyline)... I scrolled down, from 12 down to 1; I didn't want to be spoiled but accidentally saw your "weak season" comment for 12... at first I was like "damn, really?" Then I watched, and around ep 6, 7, into 8 I was like "oh, she was being hardcore sarcastic, this season's been beautiful." But now, in the outro to 11... you weren't?!? I known you mentioned you didn't buy Rebecca's speech torpedoing the Edwin League, and you thought Nate's dad's speech wasn't earned enough... but I guess I really thought you were enjoying the show as much as I was. Bummer.

Eric

I just think it's had less conflict than seasons 1 and 2, but I thought *they earned that*. I am constantly reading books with characters I love going through so much stress and conflict, fighting world-saving threats or making world-changing decisions... and then once the conflict is resolved, you get 3 or 4 pages with them happy then it's over. And I HATE that. I fall in love with these characters, I feel like I, we, deserve some time with them where they get to be happy, where they aren't fighting for their lives, dealing with high-level stress, with their backs against the wall... I love that we got so much time with them as they started to come together, we got to enjoy the fruits of the seeds that were planted back in seasons 1 and 2 much more than you usually get: Jamie kinda had to deal with Zava, but mostly Jamie was so much more mature this season right off the bat, his relationship with Roy was solid right off the bat (even though it continues to grow). I thought Nate was going to spend most of the season being resentful towards Ted and Richmond, but he thawed pretty quickly... even RIGHT AFTER West Ham beat Richmond and Nate snubbed Ted, when the reporter called him on it, you saw him realize that was a dick move and he IMMEDIATELY went to apologize. There was still some conflict and tension there, and you were worried for Nate up until he quit, but it was nowhere near as bad as I was dreading... I'm so satisfied that the writers kind of brought Nate back to his old self a bit so early on... he struggled with apologizing, obviously, he didn't reach out the way he probably should've, but WE at least got to see that side of him even if Richmond didn't. I don't know that, in a vacuum, I'd pick 3 over 1 and 2, but it's all part of one whole, and I just fucking LOVE how we got to enjoy so much of 3, that 3 was so smooth... it started off rocky, of course; Zava's arrival kick-started something but then stalled HARD... but once Ted figured out Tex Winter's triangle, we knew we were on the right path, and even before the wins started coming, we didn't have to be stressed, we got to enjoy THE PROCESS of seeing things coming together. I mean, think about how they beat City! Not *that* they beat City, I mean HOW. Colin scored in the first minute, I think... then they held on for a long while, but Jamie came back in, scored the insurance goal, and we won! I was sure City would make a push and tie it before Jamie had to win it in extra time or something... I thought Richmond would have to come back from down... but we completely skipped over halftime; they never had to adjust strategy, motivate anybody, get people to pull in the same direction... they entered the game as a cohesive team, and that was never threatened. That's fucking lovely. And because there was less conflict in the lives of Ted, Rebecca, Roy, Keely, and Jamie, we got more time with side characters like Colin. I'm loving it so far.